[Timothy Murphy[_4_]]

What is the best way of dealing with a small dent in a kitchen worktop,
caused by a cup dropping on the wood?
Is there any way of reducing the size of the dent?
I think the wood is teak, though I am not sure of that.


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[NT[_2_]]

On Apr 21, 12:31*pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
What is the best way of dealing with a small dent in a kitchen worktop,
caused by a cup dropping on the wood?
Is there any way of reducing the size of the dent?
I think the wood is teak, though I am not sure of that.

Place damp cloth over it. Add hot iron, and the wood under it expands
back out.


NT

[Timothy Murphy[_4_]]

NT wrote:

What is the best way of dealing with a small dent in a kitchen worktop,
caused by a cup dropping on the wood?

Place damp cloth over it. Add hot iron, and the wood under it expands
back out.

Thanks. I'll try that.

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Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

[John Rumm]

On 21/04/2012 12:45, NT wrote:
On Apr 21, 12:31 pm, Timothy wrote:
What is the best way of dealing with a small dent in a kitchen worktop,
caused by a cup dropping on the wood?
Is there any way of reducing the size of the dent?
I think the wood is teak, though I am not sure of that.

Place damp cloth over it. Add hot iron, and the wood under it expands
back out.

What he said...

It forces steam into the crushed fibres and makes them swell.

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Cheers,

John.

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[Thomas Prufer]

On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:45:29 -0700 (PDT), NT wrote:

Place damp cloth over it. Add hot iron, and the wood under it expands
back out.

Yes.

In addition, localise the heat by placing a dent-sized bit of metal betwen the
iron and the cloth.

You may have to re-oil the wood where the dent was, but the chances of
completely steaming out the dent are extemely good. You might want to practice
on a bit of wood (cutting board? scrap?) first -- pound it with a hammer, see
what steams back out.


Thomas Prufer

[David WE Roberts[_4_]]

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
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What is the best way of dealing with a small dent in a kitchen worktop,
caused by a cup dropping on the wood?
Is there any way of reducing the size of the dent?
I think the wood is teak, though I am not sure of that.


I think you may have inadvertantly answered my query about wooden worktops
:-(

Given the damage and faff of repairing it, would you go for wooden worktops
again?

Cheers

Dave R
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[Not even bunny]

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[Thomas Prufer]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:58:30 +0100, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:

I think you may have inadvertantly answered my query about wooden worktops:-(

Given the damage and faff of repairing it, would you go for wooden worktops again?

A lot easier to repair a dent or burn in a wooden worktop than a melamine-coated
one. The melamine won't dent or burn nearly as easily, but if it does, you'll be
routing in a plate of something, or replacing the lot. And by getting the
granite top instead, you've made sure it won't dent -- but also that the cup
will never survive the drop.

Just get what you like the look of, and feel comfortable paying for: wood,
melamine, stainless, tile, stone -- it'll all wear out eventually:-)


Thomas Prufer